"An all-American institution" is how Dick Cavett introduces Louis Armstrong on a episode of Cavett’s ABC talk show, aired just months before Satchmo’s death 45 years ago today. It’s obvious that ...

Dick Cavett didn't do interviews — he held conversations. And in the 1960s and '70s, he held conversations with the likes of Katharine Hepburn,... Cavett's Conversations: 'When People Simply Talk' ...

Dick Cavett interviewed an extraordinary roster of famous people in a talk-show career that began in 1968 and spanned most of the remainder of the 20th century. But he does not hesitate to name the ...

“I didn’t always remember everything we’d been talking about. I was forever thinking ‘Oh shit–what was it I thought of a minute ago while this other person was talking?’ Eventually, I developed a ...

A recent visit to Dick Cavett's 1912 Greek Revival mansion in the hills outside Ridgefield, Connecticut, is a visit to the deep past — his own mostly. Vestiges of a long, public life fill the ...

Dick Cavett has spoken with or about every major figure of the last fifty years in his career as a (now retired) talk show host, writer, and ever-present wit. But in his latest endeavor, Cavett is ...

When Dick Cavett talks about Muhammad Ali, he does so with reverence. “A great man. Bigger-than-life doesn’t cover it,” Cavett says while Sitting in a hotel suite with filmmaker Robert S. Bader. The ...

"I think Mr. Lewis may have suddenly thought, 'Oh, my God! I've gone and let myself in for the 1 millionth interview of my life!'" By Ryan Parker Iconic talk-show host Dick Cavett doesn’t think Jerry ...

HASTINGS — For five decades, Dick Cavett has interviewed some of the greatest names in show business. He reflected on his career and the lessons he learned along the way at the Eighth Annual Tom ...

His collection features chats with Ali, Bowie, Brando, Capote, Hendrix, Hepburn, Hitchcock, Jagger, Joplin, Mailer, Mantle, Olivier and Welles. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor His erudite collection ...

Hill hosted this year’s first SXSW Comedy event, Cavett on Comedy With Dave Hill, an interview with broadcasting legend Dick Cavett. Cavett started as a writer on Jack Paar’s The Tonight Show, and ...